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...Qaeda’s using hijacked planes in a terrorist operation against the United States. Last week, the Bush administration finally agreed to make the pre-9/11 PDBs available to the investigative panel, but under conditions so restrictive as to prevent the disclosure of information potentially vital to the commission’s investigation...
Trans activists have done vital and significant work in recent years, albeit with little help from progressive, feminist, and queer communities. Transphobia is as grave a problem there as everywhere, and the relevance of trans concerns to other movements is under constant attack. The inclusion of trans concerns in extant movements—in a manner neither fetishistic nor tokenizing—is necessary if such movements are to avoid a self-negating hypocrisy. Transsexuality, transgender, and gender variance—though each denotes a distinct and specific identity—are often regarded as willful choices that could...
...York Public Schools standards.” But its leaders are empowered to spend their allotted money as they see fit, which allows KIPP-Bronx to pay its teachers more and avoid the bureaucratic waste that plagues so many urban schools. All the KIPP representatives I contacted stressed the vital importance of such fiscal, and personnel, control...
...Kate, who missed most last season with a broken thumb, is a poised slasher,” Tubridy said. “Both of them [Mannering and McCaffery] are strong players who are going to play a vital role in our games this year...
...Reggie’s presence as an athlete and leader is vital to the team,” Jantzen said. “The example he sets on and off the mat is one of class and hard work...